Stater (Coin) Depicting Apollo and a Stag (480-388 BCE): Artwork and History
Stater (Coin) Depicting Apollo and a Stag at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Stater (Coin) Depicting Apollo and a Stag (480-388 BCE) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Greek; Caulonia, Italy.
The work and its context
The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:
The front of this coin possibly depicts Caulos (the eponymous hero and founder of the town of Caulonia and son of the Amazon Clita) walking right alongside a small deer. On the back a larger deer is surrounded by an inscription.
Object facts
- Title: Stater (Coin) Depicting Apollo and a Stag
- Date: 480-388 BCE
- Artist attribution: Greek; Caulonia, Italy
- Place of origin: Caulonia
- Medium: Silver
- Dimensions: Diam.: 2.2 cm (7/8 in.)
- Type: Coin
- Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Reference number: 1923.1136
Collection credit
Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze
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